Pope Francis: marriage
is between men and women (Brisbane
Times) Oct 5 - Rome: Pope Francis defended marriage as "an indissoluble bond
between a man and a woman" on Sunday as he opened a landmark Catholic
synod on the family hours after the Vatican sacked a senior priest who came out
as gay.

Tasmanian anti-Islam
rally flops (The Australian) Oct 10 - AN anti-Islam rally in Hobart fizzled in the face of opposition from
rival pro-diversity supporters who outnumbered the protesters five to one.

Teen killer ‘turned’ at
city mosque (The Australian) Oct 5 - The 15-year-old who shot dead a police employee is believed to have
been radicalised through worshippers at a Sydney mosque.

Deadly mix of rebellion,
religion (The Australian) Oct 8 – (Opinion: Cameron Stewart) Ever since Farhad Jabar shot Curtis Cheng, a
phoney debate has emerged about if it was an act of rebellion or religion.